Attachment for hay-rakes.



A.G.ARGO.

ATTACHMENT F OR HAY RAKESL APPLICATION FILED 056.15, 1914. I 1,166,963.Patented Jan. 4, 1916.

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A. G. ARGO.

I ATTACHMENT FOR HAY RAKES. APPLICATION-FILED 050.15, 1914.

Patented Jan. 4, 1916.

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COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH CO4, WASHINGTON, D. c.

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To all whom it maycohcerm Be it known thatI, ALFRED, G. ARGO, a citiezen of: therUnited States, residing at Kenesaw, in'ithe county of Adams,State of Ne :braska, have invented certain. new and useful Improvementsin'Attachments for Hay- Rakes; and I do hereby-declare the following tobe a full, clear,i:a'nd-exact descriptlon of the. invention, suchas.will enable others skilled in the art to which 1UEIPP'6ItZl1I1ShO makeand use the same..- i

This invention relates toan attachment;

for hayrakes,

.An object of the invention isto provide; suchsan. attachment thatthehay collected, on the sweep may be readily puShedLthere from. 1

A further oblelctl of- -thehinvention is to provide resilient meansv forautomatically :pushingthehay from the rake. i Astill further objectofthe invent on s to. provide means for: locking thedevlcetin inoperativeposition. r

With these and other objects in view, such as'will appear as thedescription-progresses,

my invention comprises the combination: and

arrangement of partsias herein set forth and subsequently claimed. Rferring-to the :drawmg;

side elevation, ofuthe 'device,ishowing-.- the relative positions '1 of.theparts when. the r-hay is being collected on the sweep. Fig. 3 i sasimilar view, showing the relatlve position of the parts after the hayhas beenvpushed from the sweep. Fig, 4. is afragmental plan, view,showing the operating'mechanism.

Referring to-the drawing wherein like" parts are indicatedby likecharacters throughout the several views, the reii'e-rencecharacter 1indicatestheframe of the sweep and the reference character 2 the teeththereof which are secured together at their rear ends by a cross bar 8.The frame 1 is supported at its rear end by wheels 4E and the; teeth 2by wheels 5. On the cross bar 6' of' the frame 1 is secured theoperators seat 7.

- In order that the hay may be pushed from" teeth 2 in front of thestandards 8, but inde-' pendent of the said teeth is a pusher frame 9which is supported by rollers 10 on the for ward end thereof,whichrollersrideupon Specification of Letters Patent.

Figure: '1 isaa perspective view of my device. Fig. 21s a;

frame is moved forwardly and'e-j ects the hay from the said teeth and inorder thatfit'may be readily moved lforwardly, I have secured to therearrendof the said' frame two' up- I Patented Jan. 4, 1 916.lipplicationfiled December 15, 19 14. S'e'ria I No. 877,303.: I

wardly extending links 1'1 which are pivot- I I allysecured .to theupper ends of-thest'arldards 8, as at 12; 1

A lever '13. is pivotally connected to the frame I, treat 14",iadjacentthe operators seat 7. Connectedto-.this:hand'lever13' and ex-R-tendingfiforwardlytherefromare two diverging rods 15 which arepivotally: connected I attheir forward endsto, the rods 11 betweentheends thereof; A coil'spring16is-secured' 1 if: V I tothe hand leverl3 above=itspivotal pointan'dito: al i'crosslmod 17 on theframe l,the vtendency of a this spring *beiiig: to move-yithe' hand lever,forwardlyand consequentlythe pusher frame 9 -f0rwardly. i'Ihetensiorrofthisspringisisuch as to 'automatically mo ve l the said: pusherframeforwardly when the teeth of the sweep are loaded with' hay andthuseffectively eject the hay-from the'vsaid .1 teethr- When. the sweep isoperating to gather'hay,'the pusher:frame .9 is in its rear- 7 mostposition and the'controlling'hand lever 13 in itsvrearmostposition; In"order thatthis ha'ndlevier-13 may be niaintained in such pl Sition,- Ihavev pivotally secured to the V cross rod 17, as at 18;an tupwardlyextend= ,ingrod l9:having=;aa resil ient hook 201 on they 1 upper endthereof and:.-pivotal1-y-connected between its ends a rearwardlyeXtendingfoot lever 21, the said lever beingipivotally coh- Inected to"thewh andjlever xl3glasl5at 22, and

' extending rearW-ardly therefrom, and terminatin foot piece 23: Formedon the feotulever 21 between its connecting point with the rod 19 andthe hand lever 13 is an outwardly projecting pin 20? which is adap ed tobe engaged,"as will hereinafter appear. v

' In the drawings Fig. 3 shows thepartsin the relative position theywill assume when the pusher frame has ejected the'hay from V the teeth,tocause thepusher frame 9 to move I into its initial position readyforanother operation, the hand lever 13 is pulled rearwardly about itspivot'lt and through'the' connection of the rod 19 by the foot lever v21therewith, the resilient hook- 2O on the upper end of the rod l9:isdrawn rearwardly so as to engage the projection 20'- on the said footlever 21. At'this time the foot lever 21 and the rod 19 lie in alinementwith Fig. 2, the foot piece 23 is pushed downwardly, which causes thehook to be disengaged from the projection 20 and the rod 19 and the footlever 21 thrown out of alinement with each other so that they willassume an angle with relation to each other,

the .vertex of which is the pivotal point between the said rod 20 andthe foot lever 21.

The coil spring 16 then acts to draw the hand lever 13 forwardly so thatthe rods 15 are pushed forwardly and through the connecting rod 11 theframe 9 is pushed forwardly and consequently ejects the hay from theteeth of the sweep.

From the foregoing description it may be readily seen that, I haveprovided an attach ment for sweeps which may be readily mounted thereonand by means of which the hay which has been previously collected on theteeth of the sweep may be easily and quickly ejected therefrom.

. I have so constructed the ejecting means that the action of the samewill be entirely automatic. And I have further constructed the device sothat when the hay is being collected on the teeth of the sweep thepusher frame will be locked in its inoperative posi tion. I

While I have illustrated and described a particular embodiment of myinvention, I wish it to be understood that I do not wish to .be limitedto that particular embodiment for it is obvious that numerous changesmay be made within the scope of the invention as defined by the claims.

What is claimed is 1. The combination in a hay rake, of a Copies of thispatent may be obtained for pusher frame mounted above the teeth of thesaid rake, hand lever pivotally supported on the frame of the'rake, apair of rods operatively connected to the said pusher frame and to thehand lover, a locking rod pivotally secured to the said frame and havinga resilient hook on one end thereof, a foot lever pivotally connected tosaid locking rod and to said hand lever and terminating in a foot piece,a projection on said foot lever adapted to be engaged by said resilienthook, and a coil spring secured to the said hand lever and to the frameof the rake.

2. In combination, a rake comprisin a frame and forwardly extendingteeth, wheels secured to said frame and to said teeth for supporting theframe, a pusher frame mounted above the said teeth and having wheels forindependently supporting the same, upwardly extending standards securedto the said frame, rods pivotally secured to the upper ends of thestandards and to the rear end of the supporting frame, a hand leverpivotally supported at the rear end of the rake frame, rods connectingthe said first mentioned rods and said hand lever, a looking rodpivotally connected to said first mentioned frame and having a resilienthook on the end thereof, a foot lever pivotally connected to saidlocking rod and said hand lever and having a projection thereon, thesaid resilient hook adapted to engage said projection to maintain theparts in their locked positions, and resilient means for returning theaforementioned parts to their initial position upon the disengagement ofthe resilient hook from the projection on the foot lever.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

ALFRED G. ARGO.

Witnesses:

C. O. PULVERT, S. S. VVERTZ.

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